Inspirational Quotes

 On Wisdom

Never under any circumstances say that meditation and wisdom are different; they are one unity, not two things. Meditation itself is the substance of wisdom; wisdom itself is the function of meditation.
-Hui-neng-

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
-Unknown-

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
-Montaigne-

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience
is a form of exploration.
-Ansel Adams-

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
-James Oppenheim-

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
-Confucius-

In the universe, there are things that are known,
and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
-William Blake-

Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
-Robert Eliot-

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past,
but by the responsibility for our future.
-George Bernard Shaw-

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.
-John Kenneth Gilbraith-

Many of the things you can count, don't count.
Many of the things you can't count, really count.
-Albert Einstein-

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
-Rumi-

Kindness is more important than wisdom,
and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
-Theodore Isaac Rubin-

Thinking is not knowing as looking is not seeing.
-Anonymous-

By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
-Confucius-

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes-

Wisdom is not in words. Wisdom is meaning within words
-Khalil Gibran-

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
-Juvenal-

The more aware you are, the more correlations you make, and the more things you can relate to one another and to yourself. The more expanded your awareness, the greater self-knowledge and understanding you will have. With greater understanding there is more forgiveness and compassion, less judgement and blame. When you live your understanding and compassion, it becomes wisdom.
-Leonard Laskow-

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
-Edward Thorndike-

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.
-Zen proverb-

In order to act wisely, it is not enough to be wise.
-Dostoyevsky-

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.
-Peter Abelard-

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts;
wisdom lies in their simplification.
-Martin H Fischer-

Behold the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" -
which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention;"
but the wise man saith, "Put all your eggs in the one basket
and - WATCH THAT BASKET."
-Mark Twain-

Wisdom begins with wonder.
-Socrates-